Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes

I'm not afraid of too many things and I got that invincible kind of attitude from my father.

O God give us serenity to accept what cannot be changed courage to change what should be changed and wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Rationality belongs to the cool observer, but because of the stupidity of the average man, he follows not reason, but faith, and the naive faith requires necessary illusion and emotionally potent oversimplifications which are provided by the myth-maker to keep ordinary person on course.

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.